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Entertainment Georgetown Choral Society 20 years young Herald Special Twenty Years Young In the spring of 1971 brave souls spawned the Georgetown Choral Society wasted little time having their first concert in June at the high school It is impossible not to connect the choirs founding with the late Ralph Ursel This inspirational leader had the priceless gift of building strong secure yet covert foundations while leaving the painting and decorating to others So Ralph became the ac companist to Charles Crimes direction Rehearsals took place in Ralphs Music Room at the school Joan Grosforth Violet Haines Joyce Joane Vivian Mills and Lynn remain from those original ladies and Doug Cole presently on a short from the men Not quite of the original members continue to sing in local church choirs However the choir has lost some stalwarts May Beaumont Merrill Ralph Ursel and Del of the originals Many of the originals continue to play key roles in the choir from ticket convening telephone com mittee to archivist The problems from the earlier days are quite similar to those the choir faces to day In the early days there was dif ficulty finding a suitable concert hall one which had resonance and a seating capacity The Choral Society tried but finances and local obligations had them play at home at Georgetown District High School Their first garments cost and there were debates as to the proper length for the fall of the skirt Today the material costs three times as much but todays Dress Director Sandra Krosse can be heard defining the instep and en- Orf ord String Quartet to visit Brampton The world renowned Orford String Quartet comes to Bramp tons Heritage Theatre for a very special concert on Friday April 1991 This season marks the an niversary for the quartet which began in Mt Quebec However thiB season also marks the final for the The Or ford String Quartet will disband in July which means this concert provides a rare opportunity for Brampton area audiences William Littler the Toronto Stars music critic reported recently The Orford after all is the finest string quartet Canada has ever produced and one of the finest produced anywhere during the past quarter century The Heritage Theatre concert program will include Mozarts String Quartet in F Major Dimitri Scostakovichs Quartet for Strings no and Beethovens Opus 135 in Major Tickets for the Orford String Quartet concert are popularly priced at plus GST The Heritage Theatre is located at Main Street in downtown Bramp ton For tickets and information contact the Box Office at 8742800 Guelph Spring Festival promises wonderful event The Guelph Spring Festival will once again be offering the op portunity to take tea or partake in a delicious brunch while enjoy ing a wonderful concert event This year Catherine Wilsons Trio Vivant will be entertaining with a delightful mixture of classical ragtime and contemporary music at the Festivals ever popular Brunch and Tea events Brunch and tea will take place this year on Mothers Day pro viding an excellent opportunity to treat your special relative to an extraordinary experience The talented and versatile ensemble of Catherine Wilson piano Marie Berard violin and Amanda Forsyth cello have won rave reviews for their numerous concert appearances throughout Canada and the United States The tno have recorded two discs Palm Court Pleasures and Palm Court Encores to which the media has reacted ecstatically Their first recording Palm Court Pleasures was described as beyond flawless by CBC Radio personality Bob Kerr while respected Toronto Star reviewer William Littler called the disc vastly entertaining Catherine Wilsons Trio Vi- vants charming Brunch and Tea appearances will leave us with the impression we are dining in an elegant restaurant of yesteryear where music was pro vided by a live chamber ensem ble The Festivals annual Brunch and Tea events will take place on Mothers Day Sunday May at the Arboretum Centre Universi ty of Guelph Brunch will be at 1100 with Tea beginning at 300 These events have always been extremely popular so the public is advised to order tickets as soon as possible by calling the Festival Box Office at the ladies No you wont trip over your skirt at that length Annual fees at the outset were set at and tickets to concerts were set at These numbers have been inflated with a multiplier of at least five Choristers were implored to sell at least five tickets each now doubled more in hope than reali ty Choirs are fun places They are happy to days when people functioned as com munities supportive sharing resources and information The togetherness is in the choirs bones the song in the chairs souls It is only when the choir func tions beyond itself that those in volved understand how bone and soul intermingle with the way the world is meant to unfold Why not mark 8 pm May Georgetown High School or May 10 Holland Christian Homes to hear the combined Georgetown Choirs celebrate their 20th anniversary For 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